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COTENANCY
AND
PARTITION:
A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CO-OWNERSHIP AS IT EXISTS INDEPENDENT OF PARTNERSHIP RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE CO-OWNERS.
By A. C. FREEMAN,
AUTHOR OF THE LAW OF JUDGMENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO: SUMNER WHITNEY & CO.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
A. C. FREEMAN,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
General Classification of Property, § 1.
Co-ownership adapted to all forms of Civilization, § 2.
The Subject and Scope of this Work, § 3.
The Plan, 4.
English Tenures, § 5.
American Tenures, § 6.
Classification of Tenancies, § 7.
Mixed, Imperfect, and Redundant Tenancies, § 8.
CHAPTER II.
JOINT-TENANCY.
Definitions by Littleton and Blackstone, § 9.
Definitions by Kent and Preston, § 10.
Properties, § 11.
Survivorship, § 12.
Survivorship in Equity, § 13.
Survivorship is Paramount to Dower and Curtesy, § 14.
Who may be Joint-Tenants, § 15.
What may be held in Joint-Tenancy, § 16.
Created by Joint Purchase, § 17.
Presumption in regard to Creation, § 18.
Presumption when Property is acquired in Trade, § 19.
Presumption from Inequality in Purchase Money, § 20.
Presumption of Joint-Tenancy rebutted by Parol, § 21.
Establishing Joint-Tenancy by Parol, § 22.
Creating by Devise or Bequest, § 23.
Cases where Devises have been regarded as Joint, § 24.
Creation by Deed, § 25.
Creation by Deed to Woman and her Children, § 26.
Executory Settlements, § 27.
Devise or Bequest in Joint-Tenancy does not Lapse on Death of one, § 28.
Severance, means of, ó 29.
Severance by act of either Cotenant, § 30.
Severance by Mutual Agreement, § 31.
Severance by a Course of Dealing, § 32.
Severance by Process against a Tenant, § 33.
Severance by one may leave the others Joint-Tenants, § 34.
JOINT-TENANCY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Statutes Limiting or Abolishing, § 35.
Statutes Retroactive, § 36.
Creation, notwithstanding Statutes, § 37.
Not forbidden by Law, § 38.
Dower, where Survivorship is Abolished, § 39.
Lapsing of Legacies and Devises, § 40.
To what kinds of Property Joint-Tenancy may still apply, § 41
Mortgages,
42.
Co-Trustees under American Statutes, § 43.
Co-Trustees are Joint-Tenants at Common Law, § 44.
Co-Trustees, Estate of, vests in those who Accept, § 45.
Co-Executors and Co-Administrators, § 46.
CHAPTER III.
THE HOMESTEAD AS A JOINT-TENANCY.
Revival of Joint-Tenancy by Homestead Laws, ◊ 47.
In California, Nevada, and Idaho, § 48.
Resembles Tenancy by Entireties, § 49.
General Nature of Homestead Estates, § 50.
Homestead not ordinarily a Cotenancy, § 51.
Interest of Wife when Homestead is not a Cotenancy, § 52.
Interest of Wife how regarded in Iowa, § 53.
Homestead may be acquired in any Title or Interest in Severalty, § 55.
Homestead embraces Title subsequently acquired, §§ 56, 57.
Conveyance or Incumbrance of, § 58.
Limit of, § 59.
Partition of, § 60.
After Divorce, § 61.
Survivorship in, § 62.
CHAPTER IV.
TENANCY BY ENTIRETIES.
Definitions, § 63.
Difference from Joint-Tenancy, § 64.
States in which it prevails, § 65.
States in which it does not prevail, § 66.
Of what Estates it may be, o 67.
Of Personal Property, § 68.
How Created, § 69.
Husband and Wife take as one person, § 70.
Cases holding they cannot take by Moieties, § 71.
Cases holding they can take by Moieties, § 72.
Power of Husband over, § 73.
Sale under Execution, § 74.
Power of Husband under Statutes, § 75.
Dissolution by Death or Divorce, § 76.
CHAPTER V.
OF PARCENERS.
Definitions, § 77.
Classification, § 78.
Parceners by the Common Law, § 79.
Of what Estates, § 80.
General Properties, § 81.
All make but one Heir, § 82.
Continuance of, § 83.
Destruction, § 84.
Generally Abolished in United States and in Canada, § 85.
CHAPTER VI.
TENANCY IN COMMON.
Definition, § 86.
Equal Right to Possession essential to, § 87.
What may be held by, § 88.
Whether Letters Patent are held by, § 89.
Who may hold by, § 90.
Legislative Grantees, § 91.
Created by Creating Unity of Right of Possession, § 92.-
Created by Transfer of a Part, § 93.
Created by Contract to Work on Shares, § 94.
Created by Grant of Unsegregated Part, § 96.
Created by Confusion of Goods, § 95.
Created by Trees Growing on Line, § 97.
Created by Party Wall, § 98.
Created by Grants to Proprietaries, § 99.
Created by Crops raised on Shares, § 100.
Created by Agreement to Divide Profits, § 101.
Created by Simultaneous Mortgages from same Mortgagor, § 102.
Created by Simultaneous Deeds or Devises for same Person, § 103.
Created by Voluntary Association, § 104.
Presumption of Relative Interests, § 105.
Presumption arising from Deed to two or more, 106.
Interest of Tenant subject to Dower, § 107.
Widow before Dower assigned is not a Cotenant, § 108.
Lapse of Devise or Bequest to several as Tenants in Common, § 109.
No Lapse where it is to them as a class, § 110.
